What will you do before ttc?

We are going to ttc starting June of 2011. Although this is a long way out, I'm already doing things to get ready. Mainly just diet and exercise. I want to lose 35 more PDA at least before then. I know my pre e will probably come back, but I want to be as healthy as possible . What will you do to get ready?

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We are thinking of TTC #2 this summer or fall. I have already started taking prenatals so they have enough time to build up in my system. I have been and will continue to excercise a lot and am hoping to lose 5-10 lbs to hopefully reduce my chances of GD and pre-e again. Who knows if it will work since I was at a healthy weight before the first pregnancy but it's worth a try! I have a pre conception appt with the maternal fetal high risk clinic set for June 1 and will see what he recommends if anything.

A study came out about a year ago that showed that women who took 1200 mg (I think that is what it was) a day of folic acid for a full year prior to TTC had a much lower incidence of premature birth up to 34 weeks, but it had no effecton reducing premature birth after 34 weeks. So, I say pop lots of folic acid!!

Maybe a preconception visit to the perinatologist to discuss the plan of care going forward?

I didn't know about the folic acid. I will start taking that this summer!

nancy-I know what you mean about trying to do anything to help with Pre-E and GD. I had both, and I also want to try to do anything to avoid those. Who knows if losing the weight and exercise will help avoid it, but, it is worth a try. I will definitely be going to a preconception appt. sometime around December maybe.

Im on WW and want to lose 30lbs before we TTC #3.. I do have to visit a perinatologist and the HR OB until about 23-24 weeks and if that baby is normal growth then I can see my regular OB only... if baby also is growing slower then I get to keep the HR people.. nice huh.. since Logan was SGA and then IUGR from about week 20-22 my OB said I had to see someone "special" and I would be considered 'adavanced maternal age.' since Im 32 now (33 in may) and would be 34-35 when we TTC..I almost decked him for the advanced age comment.....

One other thing I bucked the statistics on, lol. I took folic acid for three years prior to my pg and still went at 29 weeks!

I'm thinking next June (2011) as well for TTC #2. I'm still taking the pre-natals and will continue. I already had a "pre-conception" type meeting with an OB who seemed to indicate that with my pre-term labor being unexplained there wasn't much I could do to prevent another but my chances are low with proper medical care. I also had GD but it was medically induced. But I think I want to get back into shape and toned and at least get my mental health back on track.

Oh my gosh - I posted almost this exact thing on the "Pregnancy after Preemie" board except I was much more whiney about it and didn't say it as well.

My DH is talking about a second baby - maybe maybe trying at the end of the summer. I am terrified, as I am still very overweight (somehow, I haven't magically lost 70 lbs since having my son - in fact, I've gained 10. Argh.) Anyway, I had GD from 30 weeks + than pre-e at 34 weeks.

I want to be healthier, exercise (and hopefully consequently lose weight), and take pre-natals. I am still on medication for high blood pressure. It never went away :(. So what else can I do? Is anyone esle terrified???

If I had a written guarantee that I could make it to 35 weeks, I wouldn't be as worried. I would love a full term baby, but 34 weeks wasn't too bad. However, I'm scared it will be earlier. . .

I don't want to hijack - just tell you I know what you are feeling . . .

I took pre-natals before we decided to start TTC #2 and then also changed my diet and tried to cut out as much caffeine as possible. I also had 2 meetings with my OB to see what he wanted me to do and what we would do differently!